Factory Droid v0.223.0
Factory Droid v0.223.0 was released on .
Summary
CLI v0.223.0, Desktop v0.180.0: Session forking, PyCharm, Databricks connector, streaming chat tables, and custom model credential fixes New features - Fork sessions from sidebar - You can now fork...
Release Context
- This was the 26th Factory Droid release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Factory Droid v0.222.0 (September 18, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
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Release Notes
CLI v0.223.0, Desktop v0.180.0: Session forking, PyCharm, Databricks connector, streaming chat tables, and custom model credential fixes New features - Fork sessions from sidebar - You can now fork a session from its row in the session list (app) - Organization managed Databricks connector - Administrators can now set up Databricks so members connect it with their own account - PyCharm editor option - You can now open a session's files in PyCharm from the editor menu (app) - Hook risk level setting - Hooks that rewrite a command can now be set to keep its existing risk level Improvements - Streaming chat tables - Markdown tables in chat now reveal complete rows as they stream instead of partial ones (app) - Default autonomy level - Sessions now default to medium autonomy instead of off when you have not chosen one (app) - Typing during startup - New sessions now let you type your first message while Droid finishes starting up - Custom model list length - The model picker now shows eight custom models before you expand the full list - Custom model credential notices - Sessions now tell you at startup when a custom model's credentials could not be resolved - Legacy custom model migration - Custom models saved in the older configuration file now move into your settings at startup Bug fixes - Onboarding payment errors - Onboarding now explains payment and promotion failures and offers a way to continue (app) - Custom model credential commands - Credential commands for custom models now run once per session start instead of twice - Windows plugin installs - Plugin installs and session saving on Windows no longer fail when a folder already exists - Browser pane auto-open - The browser pane now opens only when Droid actually uses the browser (app) - Bug report progress - Submitting a bug report now shows sending progress and errors above the form (app) - 3D Secure payment notice - Payment steps now state that payments requiring 3D Secure authentication are not supported (app) - Slack mentions in tasks - Mentions you include when starting or following up on a Slack task are now kept Security - Disk write command safeguards - More disk writing commands now require your confirmation before Droid runs them
Other Recent Factory Droid Releases
- v0.245.0 (October 20, 2026)
- v0.243.0 (October 16, 2026)
- v0.244.0 (October 16, 2026)
- v0.242.0 (October 15, 2026)
- v0.240.0 (October 13, 2026)
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